I’m a member of a loose group of black conservatives called Project 21. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was looking for an assistant (I can’t remember the title of the position) in the history programming department. I’d written a number of history-related op-eds, so someone at Project 21 passed along my name. I was contacted by a consultant working for PBS in New York City, and he was in D.C. doing interviews for the position. He was a liberal and very intrigued that I was a conservative. But he was nice!
We met in a coffee shop for an informal interview, then walked a few blocks to the PBS office in D.C. for another informal interview with the hiring decision-maker. Along with my resume, I brought copies of two history-related op-eds published in major newspapers.
The second interviewer was also nice but clearly wasn’t going to hire an outspoken black conservative Christian. I knew this going in, so I felt free to be honest. I never relished the thought of working for public television, but I figured it was high time these people at least met someone like me. It wasn’t my intent to shock anyone, but that’s exactly what happened.
As I sat there talking, it dawned on me that we were spending more time discussing my views than the job or my qualifications. I wasn’t going to get the job, but I likened myself to a ground-breaking pioneer, opening the door for others who’d follow in my footsteps with a mission to bring balance and a different viewpoint to PBS.
Lofty, isn’t it? 
I talked about my writing and when I became a conservative. I told them how excited I was about the opportunity to join PBS, and what I lacked in television production experience I’d make up in enthusiasm and discipline. At some point in the interview a sensitive subject came up. I saw one of the men hesitate to speak. I said, “You don’t have to be politically correct with me. Just say what you need to say.” Nervous laughter. I loved it!
As the interview came to a close, I delivered my big speech. I looked the man doing the hiring right in the eyes and said that PBS, the recipient of taxpayer funds, had an obligation to hire people who represented a wide range of views. If they were truly interested in diversity, they would look beyond mere skin color to diversity of ideology (and a few other points I can’t recall). The room fell silent for several seconds. As far as I remember, there was a “Thank you for coming in,” or something like that. That’s the PBS Incident!
I’ll be honest. In my assessment, I didn’t get the job because I have no television experience, which was a major requirement. Still, even if I had the experience, they probably wouldn’t have hired me after that speech.
I felt really good walking out of there. I expected no telephone call from PBS, but it was great just having my say…
This is my piece on Aaron the Liberal Slayer’s Blogopoly board. Check out his latest Blogopoly pieces. He writes:
With the pressure off, I guess my creative muse returned and I’ve developed another couple dozen Blogopoly pieces, and I’ll be releasing them over the next few days. Do you deserve Blogopolization? How can you POSSIBLY play Blogopoly without your own custom piece?
Aaron told me that red is for Bush, the steeple is for my faith, the barber pole…that’s obvious, and the hotel design is “the ultimate accomodation.”
The Commissar at Politburo Diktat created a map called Empire of the Blogs. I’m represented by the gold-colored country called “Barberia.” When I first found Politburo Diktat several months ago, I didn’t “get” it. Now that I do, it’s quite funny, especially the show trials. About the map, the Commissar writes:
In the pre-Marxist era, corrupt aristocrats, bloodsuckers of the people, dominated Central Europe. Not content to oppress the people individually, they joined together, to form a Blogging Empire.
Here it is comrades — The Empire of the Blogs
Here is map of Empire of the Blogs based on great Russian geographer Kutznutsov’ original manuscript. As always, it is clickable map, bringing the visitor right to the blogs noted.
I don’t know how these guys find time to do this stuff, but I like it. 
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A Hmong hunter committed a hate crime on November 21 when he slaughtered six white people. Based on the facts I’ve seen, he had a problem with white deer hunters. Whatever sentence he gets, they should tack on two more years because of his thoughts about white people. Not only did this man show disregard for human life; he did so with racial hatred in his heart/head. How appalling!
I’m being facetious, of course. If you don’t know what I think of “hate crime” you should read this post. The very idea of a “thought crime” is the dumbest thing since the dinosaur-like NAACP’s so-called report on the return of Jim Crow at the voting booths (for which they should be embarrassed). But for the sake of consistency, I’ll play along.
I’m confused, however. Where is the ACLU and all the homosexual organizations that so vehemently (and loudly) denounce hate crimes when committed against “people of color” or other homosexuals? It’s like a ghost town around here.
The facts: Chai Vang, a Hmong immigrant (who’s actually an American) is accused of shooting eight people and killing six of them. He claims he shot the white people because they called him bad names and fired a shot at him, but the two survivors of the slaughter said Vang shot first. And get this: four of the people he murdered were shot in the back. One was shot four times in the back. Vang was trespassing, hunting on someone else’s property, and he’d been warned before by these same hunters. Vang also has a history of trespassing on private property and getting into “confrontations” with other hunters.
Now that bloggers are reporting news and fact-checking the biased media, liberals in newsrooms no longer control the flow of information or how it’s reported. I predict a similar change will occur in leftist academia. George Will offers an update on liberal domination of colleges and universities:
One study of 1,000 professors finds that Democrats outnumber Republicans at least seven to one in the humanities and social sciences. That imbalance, more than double what it was three decades ago, is intensifying because younger professors are more uniformly liberal than the older cohort that is retiring.Another study, of voter registrations records, including those of professors in engineering and the hard sciences, found nine Democrats for every Republican at Berkeley and Stanford. Among younger professors, there were 183 Democrats, six Republicans.
So why the disparity? Is there a hiring bias?
But George Lakoff, a linguistics professor at Berkeley, denies that academic institutions are biased against conservatives. The disparity in hiring, he explains, occurs because conservatives are not as interested as liberals in academic careers. Why does he think liberals are like that? “Unlike conservatives, they believe in working for the public good and social justice.” That clears that up.
A few months ago I read a study on leftists in media, and a liberal journalist said that Democrats dominated the media because conservatives tend not to pursue low-paying journalism jobs. You buy that? Remind me to tell you about the job interview I had with PBS.
Ever heard of the National Council of La Raza? If so, you may know La Raza literally means “The Race.” No, it has nothing to do with the 100-yard dash. It refers to race, the subject we can’t stop talking about.
La Raza and its supporters try to downplay the racial element, claiming that the proper translation is “The People.” Which people? Hispanic people. In other words, the Hispanic “race.” The word games we play with each other…
George Bush’s nominee for Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, the person who’d be in charge of enforcing federal law, is a card-carrying member of a group that wants to stop enforcement of United States immigration law.
La Raza touts itself as a “Hispanic think tank” concerned with poverty and discrimination. Among other things, they want to strip law enforcement of the ability to protect our country against terrorists so that “Latinos” here illegally won’t be deported. Arabs are crossing our borders along with Mexicans, but La Raza wants the borders to remain “open.”
Continue reading Top Cop Nominee Is Member Of Racialist Group
Filed under: Bush Bad, Cultural Decline, Illegal Aliens
A few months ago I was treated to an amusing assault by a few errant white liberals emboldened by a black liberal blogger. Funny how that happens (and so predictably human). Until they see black liberals castigating conservatives like myself, they wouldn’t dare say or write some of the junk I’ve read and heard (Also see Conservative Cool).
People who claim to be “for” black folks can be viciously condescending toward them. Perhaps black liberals don’t notice, but it’s crystal clear to me. Reading what’s written about other black conservatives was more than enough to convince me that liberals don’t really care about us, but being the target of their just-below-the-surface racist attitudes drove it in like a drill.
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4: 4-7)
The plane ride to South Carolina was a little bumpy yesterday evening, but I wasn’t worried. I knew that if I didn’t make it to see my family, I’d see my Lord and Savior. You may ask, “How can you be so sure?” The Bible tells us how we can know we have eternal life in many passages, but I direct you to the entire book of 1 John.
Don’t forget to nominate your favorite blogs for one of the weblog awards (See previous post). Nominations close on November 28, 2004, and voting for finalists in each category begins December 1, 2004. Categories (33) include Best Overall Blog, Best New Blog (Established 2004), Best Group Blog, Best Humor Blog, Best Liberal Blog, Best Conservative Blog, Best Election Coverage, Best Media/Journalist Blog, and many more.
Although I’d love to win an award, other nominees (who run excellent blogs) are much more deserving. But to those who’ve nominated me, I thank you! 
I didn’t say it. I don’t care what Democrats do. But Morton Kondracke has some advice for Dems in his latest column. He says that you liberals need to face reality, stop demonizing George Bush and start paying attention to people like me!
Or something like that.
Right after the election, everywhere I went in D.C., I’d hear white yuppie liberals ranting about “fascist judges” and “self-righteous” Republicans and “holy rollers.” They weren’t self-conscious around me because they assumed I was one of them. You know…the skin color thing.
